LES COULEURS

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LES COULEURS
Aujourdhui Cest le octobre

• WALT to learn the colours
• WILF Be able to say colours in French
• (Level 1a)
• Be able to use colours as adjectives with pets
  (Level 2a)

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COPY THE WORDS FOR COLOURS IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH
INTO YOUR BOOK
blanc
jaune
rouge
noir
brun / marron
rose
violet
bleu
gris
vert
orange
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ADJECTIVES (A describing word)

• COLOURS ARE ADJECTIVES AND ARE WRITTEN AFTER THE
  NOUN (THE PERSON, PLACE OR THING)
• Example UN CHIEN MARRON
• MARRON COMES AFTER CHIEN
• SO IN FRENCH, YOU ARE ACTUALLY SAYING A DOG
  BROWN.

LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES AND COPY THEM INTO
YOUR BOOK IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH.
THE FIRST ONE HAS BEEN DONE IN ENGLISH TO HELP
YOU. YOU CAN WORK OUT THE REST ON YOUR OWN!
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Jai ... (I have...)
un chien blanc a white dog
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Jai ...
un chat noir
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Jai ...
un chien marron
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Jai ...
un chat gris
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Jai ...
un poisson orange
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Jai ...
un lapin blanc
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Jai ...
un lapin gris
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Jai ...
un cheval marron
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Jai ...
un oiseau vert
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Did you notice anything different about the
French word for a with pets from last lesson?
Some of you may already have read this already.
Un chat
Une souris
A cat
A mouse
Thats right, one says un, the other says une.
They both mean a so why are they different?
In French all nouns (person, place or things) are
known as either Masculine or Feminine.
Read the next slide carefully as it will explain
more
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READ THIS SLIDE VERY CAREFULLY
Every NOUN in French is either Masculine or
Feminine
A noun is a person, place or thing. Any word that
you can put the word a or the in front.
In French, the words for a and the are
different, depending on if the word is masculine
or feminine.
ENGLISH
MASCULINE
FEMININE
UNE
A
UN
LA
LE
THE
REMEMBER It is the word itself which is either
masculine or feminine. You might own a female
cat, but the word for cat in French will always
be masculine.
How do you know if a word is masculine or
feminine? You have to learn them!!
When you learn a new noun in French, you will
always learn it with the extra words UN, UNE,
LE or LA. Just like you did with the words
for pets.
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IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF THE NOUN IS MASCULINE
OR FEMININE. IF THE NOUN IS FEMININE, IT HAS AN
EFFECT ON THE ADJECTIVE. LOOK
UNE SOURIS GRISE
BECAUSE THE WORD FOR MOUSE IN FRENCH IS
FEMININE, YOU MUST ADD AN E TO THE ADJECTIVE
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THERE ARE SOME OTHER RULES TO BE AWARE OF IF THE
COLOUR ALREADY ENDS IN AN E YOU DO NOT NEED TO
ADD ANOTHER. THERE ARE ALSO SOME COLOURS WHICH
ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WITH FEMININE NOUNS. THE
TABLE ON THE NEXT SLIDE WILL HELP YOU.
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MASCULINE FEMININE
NOIRE BLEUE VERTE GRISE BRUNE ROUGE JAUNE ORANGE R
OSE VIOLETTE BLANCHE MARRON
NOIR BLEU VERT GRIS BRUN ROUGE JAUNE ORANGE ROSE V
IOLET BLANC MARRON
EXTRA E
ALREADY HAS AN E
EXTRA LETTERS AND AN E
NO E
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SOME MORE EXAMPLES..
UNE ARAIGNÉE VERTE
UNE SOURIS VIOLETTE
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SOME ANIMALS CAN BE MORE THAN ONE COLOUR. HERE IS
WHAT YOU DO IN FRENCH
UN SERPENT NOIR, ROUGE, JAUNE ET VIOLET
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EXERCISE 1. COPY EACH PHRASE INTO YOUR BOOK BY
COMPLETING IT WITH THE CORRECT COLOUR. THINK
ABOUT IF THE COLOUR NEEDS AN EXTRA E OR NOT.
un chat.....
un cochon dInde.....
une souris.....
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un oiseau.....
un serpent.....
un cheval.....
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un chien.....
un oiseau.....
un poisson..... et.....
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un lapin.....
un oiseau...............
une tortue......
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EXERCISE 2 MAKE YOUR OWN POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED TODAY. FIND
PICTURES OF PETS ON GOOGLE AND WRITE A
DESCRIPTION IN FRENCH. AIM FOR 5 SENTENCES
CORRECT FOR A LEVEL 2A.
LOOK AT THIS EXAMPLE.
JAI UN POISSON BLANC ET ORANGE